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*    gamous; liaison other than by

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*    marriage, if begun without

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*    knowledge of the relationship of

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*    the partners, must be purified

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*    by a sacrifice to erha [ ˥ ˥ ], the

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*    ancestors. The members of the

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*    ɛgbɛe have a particular morning

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*    greeting (v. la 3 [ ˥ ]), also a

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*    special taboo (v. awua [ ˩ ˩ ]), and

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*    a senior (ɔka‿ɛgbɛe [ ˩ ˥ ˥ (4-1) ]) who

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*    must live in Benin City (or have

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*    a representative there); v. uniɛ

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*    [ ˥ ˥ ], ɛwae [ ˩ ˩ ], Umogũ [ ˥ ˩ ˥ ],

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*    Umosũ [ ˥ ˩ ˥ ], Egi-esã [ ˩ ˥ ˥ ˩ ], Ogi-

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*    efa [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˩ ], Igũ [ ˩ ˥ ], Oyeɽu [ ˥ / ˥ ],

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*    Uhɛ [ ˥ ˩ ], Iso [ ˩ ˩ ], Egi-enwa

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*    [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˥ ], Eyedɛ [ ˩ ˥ ˥ ], Iduʋ̃-ĩʋi‿otɔ

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*    [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˩ ], Iʋi‿eze [ ˩ ˥ ˥ ˩ ], Uɣɔtɔ̃ [ ˥ ˩ ˥ ],

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*    Isĩɛʋ̃ɛɽo [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˩ ], Ɔbo [ ˩ ˥ ], Umodu

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*    [ ˥ ˥ ˩ ], Ogiaʋ̃ɛ [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ].

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*Ɛgbɛka [ ˥ ˦ ˦ ] name of an Ɔba.

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*ɛgbɛle 1 [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ] small piece of em-

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*    broidered cloth worn round the

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*    waist by people attending ugie

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*    [ ˩ ˩ ].

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*ɛgbɛle 2 [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ] an idiomatic word

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*    for suicide; v. 1 [ ˥ ].

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*ɛgbima [ ˥ ˩ ˩ ] house wall put up in

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*    the Jekri way, with bundles of

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*    sticks and canes; may then be

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*    plastered.

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*ɛgbo [ ˥ ˥ ] (a) forest; thick bush;

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*    (b) distance; inu‿ɛgb-ɔk-eʋ̃a ya

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*    s-ɛdo (ke [ ˥ ], [ ˥ ]) [ ˥ ˥ ˥ ˥ ˥ (4-1) / ˩ ˥ ]

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*    how far (how much distance) is

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*    it from here to Benin? cf. ugbo

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*    [ ˥ ˥ ]; Yor. igbo [ ˧ ˥ ].

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*ɛgbosi [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ] unripe palm-nut bunch

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*    (not yet containing any kernels).

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*ɛɣele [ ˥ ˩ ˩ ] a man belonging to

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*    the iɣele (pl.) age-group, cf. from

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*    30 to 50 years of age; they

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*    used to serve during wars and do

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*    carriers’ work; they still help in

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*    house building and fell trees on

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*    the farms of the most important

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